Vehicle-wheel.



Patented Mar. 23, 1909.

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VEHICLE WHEEL.

APPLIGATION Hmm APR. 11. 190s.

Patented Mar. 23, 1909.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

'Patented Mannes', 1909.-

Application filed April'l', 1908. Serial No. 127,6 98.

To all whom 'it .may'concem Be itv known" that I, vWILLIAM 'lsDoYL-E, a citizen of the United States, residing at Evanston, -inlthe county of Cook andState of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Vehiolevrneels, of which theA vfollowing is la spe cification'.

My invention :relates to improvements in vehicle Wheels, and it consists in .the coni,4 struction and' arrangement of parts, as will, particularly' be hereinafter described land pointed out in the claims.

In, the accompanying drawings Figure 1 isa side elevation of my improved wheel.

Fig. 2 is a' detail'view Iof one of the spokes. Fig. 3 .is an enlarged viewA in perspective of thehub, said hub also showing one of the spokes iattached thereto. Fig. 4 is a'sec-A tional view I of the inner. face lof `the rim,

Fig. "5 is' a transversesection'of the wheel Fig. 6 shows anotherform of disk or p latr broken:

taken through the line -x, Fig. 1.

awaywith open work.

The Wheel is composed of metal,- except the tire, which may be made of' inflated rubber ltube or of solid rubber, as-desired, The hub,

' them the enlarged end 4 of the spoke, and said as Ashownin Fig. 3,'is provided with surf rounding peripheral ribs 1, projecting radially therefromV en 'having' openings or spaces 2 lierebetweeny for, a purpose presently .to be explained.

elastic steelwhichis b'ent into an arc-shaped form .and integrally united at one of its ends tothe lcentral portion of a cross-bar 3, which corresponds in shape and'formwith the openings or spaces 2 between the ribs l of the hub. Said cross-bar is provided on its upper edge with screw threads, arranged on the op site sides of the united end of the The outer or opposite end of the spoke is enlarged, as' shown at' 4, and'is provided with a bolt-hole 5;V The rim of the wheel, asv shown 'in reverse section, Fig.' 4, is provided Onits inner face with a pair of longitudinally extending ribs' 6, which' are spaced apart a sufficient distance to accommodate between ribs are provided with suitable bolt openings which register with they bolt holes 5 ofthe enlarged end'4 of the spoke, and through these holes -5 and 7 'are inserted bolts 8, on the ends of which are applied nuts whereby the enlarged ends of the lspokes are secured tween 4the disks, the bolts vbearing for the spokes during the rotation of l the wheel. I

. he spokes, one of' which is shown in F ig.

2, are-preferably composed of a fl'at. strip of the hub, means for to the rim fof the wheel, as shown in Fig.' 5.' Disks or plates'Q, having a central opening therein, which v'is encircled by an' outwardly extending collar or sleeve 14 (shown. in section, Fig.. 5) ,'said coll-ar or sleeve being'interiorly screw-threadedto permit of its being connected to the-screw-threa'ds of the crossbar 3; andover theperipheral edges of the ribsgl of' the hub, which serves to .hold the cross-head Within theopeniny s 2 of the ribs 1. VBesides securing the col ars l14 of the plates or disks 9 to the cross-bars of'tlie spokes I preferably employ set-screws 10, as shown i'n Fig. 5,"which are inserted in screw openingsof the collars, ribs, and hub. The

plates or disks 9 are inclined upwardly from their sleeve portions 14,` and are spaced from' the 4spokes 4, and thesurroun'ding' marginal portion of each plate o r disk is constructed aring,as shown at 9f,'Ii-`ig.`5,'and's idjacentl to said flaring 4portion'bolts 11 are inserted therethrough so as to-hold the disks 'in roper position and away from the spokes7 w ereby the spokes=are permitted to have -play be- 11,"serv 1ng as a I wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself to the exact construction of ythe spokesshown,4 as I may vary the same without departing from the' essential features of my invention or the true principle thereof. Having 'described my invention, Awhat I claim is: 1. A'wheel comprising a hub 'with'radial spaced-a art ribs which 'extend continuously across t 1e. peripheral'portion 'of-the, hub,

spring spokes having secured at one end t ereof..thecentral 4portion of a screwthreaded cross-bar, saidy bar. being mounted Awithin' the space between the' ribs, inwardly sov . hubgspringsp- 4thereofthe'foentral portion of fa; T soreW- pontionslbolts inserted through'the disks adj as okes hving. secured abone end cent the porvtionsgof bhQLQine, 4Ehegp` ,threaded oross-'bavr'saidjbar being monted es specified. inclined'A dis s o1". p1ates j fhaving" internally' Y I" screw-threaded'sleeves therewith, said sleeves' tn r adapted to heconneoted tolghe threads of'the- I @foss-hm* and over the ribs; of thehu b, bo1ts; a fof securing. the sleevesy-rib, end 'hub 11ogether, 'saidl disks having marginal' :Haring Y. 

